Final Cut Express HD 3.5 Editing Workshop, Third Edition

Author: Tom Wolsky
ISBN: 0240809459/9780240809458
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2007-02-02

Go beyond the mechanics of Final Cut Express HD 3.5--learn how to edit with it! More than a button-pushing manual--this workshop give you firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing. You develop a working knowledge of this powerful editing application with eleven tutorials that cover each and every essential, including:
* setting up your system and understanding the interface
* getting your material into FCE and organizing it
* slicing, dicing, and organizing clips
* editing to build and trim a sequence of shots
* adding transitions
* using sound to refine your edit
* titling with FCE and Photoshop
* animating images to create engaging scenes
* adding special effects filters
* compositing to enhance your projects
* outputting your material
The companion DVD contains a video introduction to FCE that is especially designed for iMovie users. It compares and contrasts the two applications to ease the transition. The DVD-ROM portion contains project media, demo software, and free plug-ins for your use.

* Cover all of the essential editing processes from system set-up to outputting your material
* Eleven tutorial lessons give you firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing
* The companion DVD contains project files and a training video especially for iMovie users
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Making a Movie in iMovie HD and iDVD 5: Visual QuickProject Guide

Author: Jeff Carlson
ISBN: 0321330188/9780321330185
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 2005-04-01

So you've got a copy of iMovie HD and iDVD 5, a camcorder, and plenty of footage—but how do you get all this video footage into a watchable movie? Maybe you don't want to spend a lot of time learning all the ins and outs of the software, but just want to get your movie finished. Realizing that many users won't want to waste a single minute reading about all they can do with iMovie and iDVD, best-selling author Jeff Carlson cuts straight to the chase, using simple project-based instruction and big, colorful screen shots to guide them through the process of making their first movie on an interactive DVD. By focusing on that first project, rather than exploring every option and feature, Jeff demonstrates the quickest, easiest, smartest route to cinematic success. Each short lesson builds on the last as users learn how to shoot, edit, and produce their own movies and then distribute them on DVDs to share with friends, family, and colleagues.
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Making a Movie in Premiere Elements: Visual QuickProject Guide

Author: Jan Ozer
ISBN: 0321321200/9780321321206
Pages: 134
Publication Date: 2005-02-21

So you fancy yourself a filmmaker? Here to ensure that you truly are is a simple, to-the-point guide that leads you through the process of creating your very first digital video project with Adobe's brand-new consumer-level video editing software, Premiere Elements ($99). In these pages veteran author and PC Magazine contributing editor Jan Ozer gets right to the point: Rather than explore every option and feature of Premiere Elements, Jan uses project-based instruction and big, colorful screen shots to demonstrates the quickest, easiest, and smartest route to cinematic success. Each short lesson builds on the last as you learn how to capture and import video; add transitions, titles and effects; take advantage of the program's stunning templates; use the program with Photoshop Elements to edit and incorporate still images; and output your finished video to DVD. The book's small size and even smaller price ($12.99) make it the perfect entry point into the world of digital filmmaking as well as the ideal jumping-off point for further exploration.
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Multimedia Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

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ISBN: 1846284368/9781846284366
Pages: 526
Publication Date: 2006-12-15

Multimedia information is ubiquitous and essential in many applications, and repositories of multimedia are numerous and extremely large. Consequently, researchers and professionals need new techniques and tools for extracting the hidden, useful knowledge embedded within multimedia collections, thereby helping them discover relationships between the various elements and using this knowledge in decision-making applications.

Multimedia Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, assembling the work of leading academic and professional/industrial researchers worldwide, provides an overview of the current state-of-the-art in the field of multimedia data mining and knowledge discovery, and discusses the variety of hot topics in multimedia data mining research. Consisting of an introductory section and four topical parts, the book describes the objectives and current tendencies in multimedia data mining research and their applications. Each part contains an overview of its chapters and leads the reader with a structured approach through the diverse subjects in the field.

Topics and Features:

• Features a comprehensive introduction to multimedia data mining and its relevance today

• Presents a global perspective of the field and its various components

• Provides broad, yet thorough and detailed coverage of the subject

• Numerous chapters reference websites with supplementary materials and demonstrations

• Explores multimedia data exploration, multimedia data modeling and evaluation, and visualization

• Offers an entire part devoted to applications and case studies

Written with graduate students in mind, this much needed comprehensive survey of the current state of multimedia data mining and knowledge discovery will also serve as a valuable resource for researchers with interests in multimedia data mining, summarization, indexing, and retrieval.

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Data Mining Using SAS Enterprise Miner (Wiley Series in Computational Statistics)

Author: Randall Matignon
ISBN: 0470149019/9780470149010
Pages: 564
Publication Date: 2007-08-03

Data Mining Using SAS® Enterprise Miner introduces the reader to a wide variety of data mining techniques in SAS® Enterprise Miner. This first-of-a-kind book explains the purpose of -- and reasoning behind -- every node that is a part of Enterprise Miner with regard to SEMMA design and data mining analysis. Each chapter starts with a short introduction to the assortment of statistics that are generated from the various Enterprise Miner nodes, followed by detailed explanations of configuration settings that are located within each node. The end result of the author’s meticulous presentation is a well crafted study guide on the various methods that one employs to both randomly sample and partition data within the process flow of SAS® Enterprise Miner.
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